Employee Benefits Advisory: Updated Employers' Guide to the 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act

9/4/2009

Updated as of September 2‚ 2009

We’ve recently updated An Employer’s Guide to the 2006 Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act. This revision has been updated to include the following items:

Amendments to the Massachusetts Health Connector “Commonwealth Care” Plan Types
Addition by the Massachusetts Health Connector of the pilot “small group” program under Commonwealth Choice
Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy 2009 final Health Information Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD) form regulation (114.5 CMR 18.00)
Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy 2009 proposed amendments to the FSC testing rules
Massachusetts Division of Unemployment Assistance Fair Share Contribution (FSC) 2009 filing instructions
Massachusetts Department of Revenue TIR 09-1
(relating to penalties for failure to comply with the individual mandate)
Massachusetts Health Connector (undated) Web posting entitled “Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority Affordability Information Sheet,” setting out affordability standards for 2009.

To read the full revised guide‚ click here.

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